Japan

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
• Himeji-jo (1993)
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996)
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998)
• Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)
• Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996)
• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007)
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
• Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)

• Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
• Shiretoko (2005)
• Yakushima (1993)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)
• Hikone-Jo (castle) (1992)
• Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi (2001)
• The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage (2007)
• Ogasawara Islands (2007)
• Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (2007)
• Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (2007)
• Fujisan (2007)
• Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art (2007)

News

• Jun 29, 2007 Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
• Apr 4, 2005 Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
• Nov 25, 1998 World Heritage Committee to Announce New Sites on December 5 in Kyoto, Japan

Events

• Mar 30, 2008 - Apr 4, 2008 5th Workshop in the UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation
• May 31, 2007 Torch-Run Concert for World Heritage
• Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 16, 2005 UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1993 - 1999
• 2003 - 2007

Contacts

• H. E. Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO
  148, rue de l'Université
  75007 PARIS
  Tel: 01.53.59.27.00; 01.45.68.35.43
  Fax: 01.53.59.27.27
  EMail: dljpn.all@unesco.org
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.emb-japan.go.jp/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
  Chairperson: Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
  Secretary-General: Mr Kenji Seyama
  Deputy Secretary-General: Mr Keiji Takenawa
  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
  Science and Technology (MEXT)
  2-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
  100-8959 TOKYO
  JAPAN
  Tel: (81.3) 52 22 10 07; (81.3) 52 53 41 11 (Ext. 2603)
  Fax: (81.3) 67 34 36 79
  EMail: jpnatcom@mext.go.jp;
  Web Site: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/topics/unesco/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC